HR Roll Call Frank Schwindel (18), Xavier Fernandez (8), Brandon Dulin (6)

BP KC Hitter of the Day – Brandon Dulin 2-3 HR, 4 RBI, BB

BP KC Pitcher of the Day – Emilio Ogando 6 IP 4 H 1 ER 1 BB 8 K 1-5 GO-FO 94p/58k

Memphis Redbirds 11 Omaha Storm Chasers 5

The Redbirds separated from a one run game with four in the sixth and three more in the eighth to blow open the game. Former Chaser Jose Martinez had a huge night against his old team, collecting three hits while homering and driving in five of the Redbird runs.

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Hunter Dozier 1-3 R, RBI
Jorge Bonifacio 0-3 R, RBI, BB
Rey Fuentes 1-5 R, 2b

Tulsa Drillers 10 NW Arkansas Naturals 2

The Naturals starter put his club in a hole early and the offense were unable to convert scoring opportunities in Friday’s loss. Big righty Ashton Goudeau couldn’t finish the fourth inning, giving up six runs on seven hits and a pair of walks before turning to the pen. The Naturals went 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position, getting just a Frank Schwindel solo home run and a fielder’s choice to plate their two runs on the night. Tulsa would bang out three home runs off Goudeau while plating four more runs off reliever Eric Stout later in the game.

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Corey Toups 2-4 2-2b
Frank Schwindel 2-4 HR
Daniel Stumpf 2.1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 BB 4 K

Potomac Nationals 2 Wilmington Blue Rocks 1

The Rocks Zach Lovvorn dropped his 13th decision of the season while losing a pitching duel with one of the Nationals top prospects. The Rocks plated a run in the second off Erick Fedde to tie the game at 1-1. From there Fedde though found a groove, retiring 15 of the last 17 hitters he faced including the last 10 in a row and setting a career high with 10 strikeouts. Wilmington’s starter kept pace until a fourth inning home run, but he would finish off seven innings also despite his offenses inability to equal the score against Fedde or the bullpen. The loss pushed Lovvorn’s record to 2-13 despite a 3.58 ERA on the season.

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Samir Duenez 2-4
Chad Johnson 1-4 R, 2b
Zach Lovvorn 7 IP 7 H 2 ER 0 BB 3 K 8-3 GO-FO 86p/59k

Lexington Legends 6 Hickory Crawdads 2

The Legends plated four runs in the seventh to back their All Star starter to another win. Staked to an early 2-0 lead on a Brandon Dulin two run home run in the first, Ogando got into a groove following a home run given up in the second. His was just a solo home run allowed and from there he would give up just two more base runners allowed in his six innings with neither advancing to second. A solo home run would start the seventh inning for the Legends, but they were not finished there, using three walks to a plate a run before Dulin chipped in two more with a single to push the lead to 6-1. Reliever Franco Terrero would earn his first save by working the final three innings while giving up just a ninth inning run.

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Xavier Fernandez 3-4 HR
Chase Vallot 1-3 2b, BB
Franco Terrero 3 IP 2 H 1 ER 1 BB 2 K

Great Falls Voyagers 12 Idaho Falls Chukars 0

The Chukars were mauled in the one, getting just one hit while the Voyagers pounded out 12 runs while scoring on three different Idaho Falls pitchers.

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Luke Willis 1-3
Matt Portland 4.1 IP 6 H 6 R 5 ER 4 BB 5 K 2 HR
Drew Milligan 2 IP 7 H 5 ER 0 BB 1 K

Burlington Royals 10 Kingsport Mets 5

The Royals piled on late to break open a tie game through six innings. Starter Cristian Castillo was continuing his stellar effort from last time out, spinning four scoreless until running into trouble in the fifth. Sitting on a 3-0 lead Castillo gave up three runs in the frame, giving up five hits in the inning including a pair of doubles. The Royals would break open the game in the final three innigns, scoring seven runs over that time. Two ’16 draftees would drive in runs in the seventh when Kort Peterson singled in a run before stealing second and scoring on Chris DeVito’s two run single. An error would open up the eighth to two runs for the Royals before scoring two more in the ninth to run away in this one.

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Kort Peterson 2-5 R, 2b, 2 RBI
Nathan Esposito 3-4 2R, 2b, 2 RBI
Alex Close 2 IP 1 H 0 R 1 BB 1 K 1-4 GO-FO

HR Roll Call Mauricio Ramos (7), Jack Lopez (6), Cam Gallagher (4), Brandon Downes (6), Travis Maezes (12), Roman Collins 2 (6), Amalani Fukofuka (5), Esteury Ruiz (4)

BP KC Hitter of the Day – Roman Collins 4-6 4R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, SB (9)

BP KC Pitcher of the Day – Daniel Stumpf 3.1 IP 1 H 0 R 0 BB 3 K 6-1 GO-FO 40p/26k

Iowa Cubs 13 Omaha Storm Chasers 0

While Danny Duffy was carving up his opponent at the major league level the Triple-A squad for the Royals was getting carved up in a similar fashion. Just three hits, the first not coming until the sixth inning while striking out 17 times against no walks. The Chasers pitching staff couldn’t match that effort, getting knocked around to the tuen of 15 hits including three home runs to give up a 13 runs in a blowout.

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Ramon Torres 1-3 CS (3)
Jon Dziedzic 6.1 IP 8 H 6 R 5 ER 1 BB 3 K
Dusty Coleman 1 IP 1 H 0 R 0 BB 1 K 1-0 GO-FO 14p/10k

NW Arkansas Naturals 7 Arkansas Travelers 2

Starter Josh Staumont struggled mightily with his control Monday, walking six and giving up a couple runs to start his outing before getting saved by the bullpen and the Naturals offense. Reliever Daniel Stumpf tossed 3.1 inning scoreless innings in relief of Staumont while the offense muscled up for seven runs on six extra base hits, including three home runs. The home runs came off Travelers starter in consecutive innings with Cam Gallagher topping it off with his fourth of the season. The Naturals catcher also collected a double as part of his three hit day while also calling the bullpen into scoreless relief over the final 7.1 innings. The win knotted the division race up between the two teams with two games left in the series.

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Cam Gallagher 3-4 2R, 2b, HR
Alfredo Escalera 2-4 R, 2-2b, RBI
Miguel Almonte 2 IP 1 H 0 R 0 BB 1 K 1-3 GO-FO 24p/14k

Salem Red Sox 11 Wilmington Blue Rocks 7

Wilmington’s starter got knocked around and dug too large of a hole for the offense to comeback from in the first game of their series with Salem. Trailing 10-1 after just two innings after starter Corey Ray was tuned up for eight runs in 1.2 innings the Rocks started to rev up their offense in the fourth inning. Outfielder Brandon Downes was the catalyst of that offense, doubling and scoring in that inning before hitting a grand slam in the fifth to trim the deficit to 11-6. A run on an Elier Heranandez triple in the seventh trimmed the deficit to 11-7, but Wilmington could get no closer prior to the end of the game.

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Brandon Downes 3-5 2R, 2-2b, HR, 5 RBI
Anderson Miller 1-3 2R, R, BB
Samir Duenez 2-5 2b, CS (2)

Lexington Legends 17 Rome Braves 2

The Legends exploded all over the Rome Braves pitching staff on Monday, scoring five runs or more off three different pitchers. It was a slow burn off starter Touki Toussaint in his six innings as the Legends scored in five of the six innings but couldn’t bust through with the crooked inning despite three solo home runs. The Legends lead stood at 5-2 through six innings before they busted the game open on the Braves bullpen with 11 runs between the seventh and eighth innings as the Braves pitching and defense tripped all over themselves. During those two innings Lexington walked six times, got hit by another pitch and reached on a pair of errors to put the game well out of reach.

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Nolan Watson 4.1 IP 6 H 2 Er 3 BB 1 K 4-4 GO-FO 80p/50k
Travis Maezes 3-5 3R, 2b, HR, 2 RBI, BB
DJ Burt 1-5 2R, RBI, BB, 2 SB (34)

Bluefield Blue Jays 6 Burlington Royals 5 F/13

A game that went back and forth ended up falling in the Blue Jays win column thanks to a big knock in the thirteenth inning by a former players son. The Royals pitchers Geoffrey Bramblett and Alex Massey got touched up for a pair of solo home runs as the Royals pitchers gave up four runs in the first six innings. Those four runs were one upped by the Burlington offense despite a 3 for 18 performance with runners in scoring position, but a run in the ninth off Walker Sheller tied the game and sent it to extras. The two teams continued to pile up strikeouts in extras as they combined to put away 39 hitters via the K in the thirteen innings. Unfortunately Burlington’s pitchers were unable to strikeout Vladamir Guerrero as the former All Star’s son came through in the top of the thirteenth inning with an RBI single that would end up being the game winning hit.

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Kort Peterson 2-6 R, 2b, 3b, RBI
Emmanuel Rivera 1-2 2RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB (5)
Alex Close 1 IP 0 H 0 R BB 3 K

AZL Royals 9 AZL Giants 3

The Royals punched out 12 hits, walked six times in scoring nine runs to give their starter Colton Howell his first win. The former Husker worked five innings while allowing just one run and striking out three while getting backed with five runs while he was on the hill. Infield John Brontsema continued his hotting with a 3 for 5 game that included three runs batted in to pace the Royals club.

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Khalil Lee 1-5 R, RBI
John Brontsema 3-5 R, 3 RBI
Oliver Nunez 2-5 2b, 2 RBI

DSL Astros 7 DSL Royals 1

The Royals pitching staff gave up seven runs in a rare poor pitching performance in their Monday loss. The offense could claim just an Esteury Ruiz home run on their side to fall two games back in the division.

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Freddy Fermin 1-3 2b
Esteury Ruiz 1-3 HR, BB
Raymond Lopez 1-3 2b